bootparams.5¶
NAME¶
bootparams - a table in the xCAT database.
SYNOPSIS¶
bootparams Attributes: node, kernel, initrd, kcmdline, addkcmdline, dhcpstatements, adddhcpstatements, comments, disable
DESCRIPTION¶
Current boot settings to be sent to systems attempting network boot for deployment, stateless, or other reasons. Mostly automatically manipulated by xCAT.
bootparams Attributes:¶
node
The node or group name
kernel
The kernel that network boot actions should currently acquire and use. Note this could be a chained boot loader such as memdisk or a non-linux boot loader
initrd
The initial ramdisk image that network boot actions should use (could be a DOS floppy or hard drive image if using memdisk as kernel)
kcmdline
Arguments to be passed to the kernel
addkcmdline
User specified one or more parameters to be passed to the kernel. For the kernel options need to be persistent after installation, specify them with prefix “R::”
dhcpstatements
xCAT manipulated custom dhcp statements (not intended for user manipulation)
adddhcpstatements
Custom dhcp statements for administrator use (not implemneted yet)
comments
Any user-written notes.
disable
Set to ‘yes’ or ‘1’ to comment out this row.
SEE ALSO¶
nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)